Ice accumulates on a stop sign during a severe winter storm in Avondale Estates, Ga. Ice and snow in the metro Atlanta area and north Georgia are expected to make travel treacherous and cut electricity to thousands of customers.

A youngster drives against Blake Griffin at Coolidge Park in Long Beach as Los Angeles Clippers players conducted a clinic for neighborhood children to mark the completion of a basketball court and playground.

A couple wade along a flooded road near Egham, west of London. Flooded communities in Britain faced a fresh battering from storms and high winds as emergency efforts in stricken areas picked up following criticism of a sluggish response.

Demonstrators from the Botleng community near Delmas, South Africa march toward a coal mine during a protest. The community vented its anger toward the 13 coal mines operating in the area which keep employing labor from outside the community despite an agreement which was reached when the mining companies started their operation.

Couples watch a performance during a mass wedding event held by the Unification Church in Gapyeong, South Korea. Unification Church members forming 2,500 couples from 52 countries were married -- only the second such event since the death of their "messiah" and controversial church founder Sun Myung Moon.

A man cleans a pig carcass before the "La Phu" festival in Hanoi. Villagers decorate dead pigs and carry them around the village to the temple on 13th day of the first lunar month. After the festival, people will share the pork with every household in the village.

Pictures in the News | Feb. 12, 2014

Wednesday’s Pictures in the News begins in Mississippi, where forecasters said 2 to 3 inches of snow were possible along with a quarter inch of sleet and a up to a 10th of an inch of ice. Ice and snow, expected in the metro Atlanta area and northern Georgia, are expected to make travel treacherous and cut electricity to thousands of customers.

Long Beach: A youngster learns just how hard it is to score against Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin at Coolidge Park, where Clippers players conducted a clinic for neighborhood children to mark the completion of a basketball court and playground.

Krasnaya Polyana, Russia: Tina Maze of Slovenia kisses the snow in the finish area after her run in the Women’s Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center at the Sochi Olympics, where Maze won the gold medal. More photos

Egham, England: A couple wade along a flooded road west of London. Flooded communities in Britain faced a fresh battering from storms and high winds as emergency efforts in stricken areas picked up following criticism of a sluggish response.

Kiev, Ukraine: A Ukrainian artist paints a canvas of a barricade during the continuing protest.

Gapyeong, South Korea: Unification Church members forming 2,500 couples from 52 countries were married in a mass wedding — only the second such event since the death of their “messiah” and controversial church founder Sun Myung Moon.

Add stops in New York, Germany, South Africa and Vietnam to round out the report.